Siler's provocative and highly accessible work is designed to help readers gain a fuller understanding of this artist/visionary's latest tome, casting a fresh light on the unrealized symmetry of the mind and the universe. Illustrations.
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"In decoding the brain, we decode the universe," writes Siler, a research affiliate at MIT. This simple, yet fundamental premise is the basis of neurocosmology, a new discipline which combines neuroscience, cosmology, and art as it seeks to discover that which connects the brain to the universe. It does so most successfully by forming metaphors which compare processes common to both--the ways stars and nervous systems are formed, for example: their similar means of transporting energy, even their modes of communication. Siler's philosophical proposals are bold and original (some might suggest far-fetched), certainly worthy of attention by students of traditional disciplines. Readers will need a solid grounding in physics and neuroscience. For academic and special collections.
- Laurie Bartolini, Lincoln Lib., Springfield, Ill.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Laurie Bartolini, Lincoln Lib., Springfield, Ill.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This is one of the best books I've read on how the mind works! It's not an easy read, but is extremely rich and thought provoking. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about the nature of the human mind and the mind's physical, emotional and spiritual relationship with the universe as a whole.
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The idea of relating the human body to celestial bodies is older than recorded history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Encoded Monolith, New York, Scientific American, Donald Hebb, Local Supercluster, Timothy Ferris, Douglas Hofstadter, Paul Davies, Richard Gott, The Accidental Universe, The Radiant Universe, Wassily Kandinsky New!
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- Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics (Saunders Golden Sunburst Series) by Stephen A. Gregory on 13 pages
- The Accidental Universe by P. C. W. Davies on 6 pages
- Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity (Advances in Systems Theory, Complexity, and the Human Sciences) by Gregory Bateson on 5 pages
- The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence by Carl Sagan on 4 pages
- The Society of Mind by Marvin Minsky on 4 pages
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- Collaborating for Change: Think Like a Genius Process by Todd Siler in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sparks of Genius: The Thirteen Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative People by Robert S. Root-Bernstein on page 157, and Back Matter
- Sand, Water, Silence - The Embodiment of Spirit: Explorations in Matter and Psyche by Mary Jane Markell on page 111, and Back Matter
- Innovation, Creativity, and Discovery in Modern Organizations by Wayne M. Bundy on page 147, and Back Matter
- Think Like a Genius by Todd Siler in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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